Bracket or clamp.



PATENTED DEC. 8, 1903.

'A- SONSTHAGEN. BRACKET 0R CLAMP. APPLIIOATIOH FILED FEB. 25, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

we unnms vzrzns co. PHOTO-UTHQ, wAsHmsYou, n. c.

position.

Patented December s, 1903.

PATENT .OFFICE.

ANDREW soNsTHAeEN, OFQT'RAIL, oANADA.

BRACKET OR CLAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,188, dated December 8, 1903.

.Applioation filed February 25, 1903, Serial No. 145,046. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW SONSTHAGEN,

a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Trail, British Columbia, Canada, have 5 invented a new and useful Bracket or Clamp,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved construction of bracket and clamp, the object of the invention being to provide a device by means 1010f which an incandescent light can be securely clamped to the head board or post of a bedstead for the purpose of holding the light; in such position as will enable theoccupant of the bed to read while in a recumbent The device can also be employed for connecting and holding the incandescent lamp to other articles of furniture; and with these objects in view the invention consists, essentially, of a clamp adapted to be fastened to an article of furniture, said clamp having the bracket.

The invention consists also in certain details of construction hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the practical application ofmy invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of my invention, one portion being shown in section. .Figs. 3 and 4 are detail sectional views taken on the lines 3 3 and 4 4, respectively, of Fig. 2.

In carrying out my invention I employ a clamp-bracket comprising a fixed portion A and a movable portion B. The fixed portion A is essentially rectangular in shape, consisting of the front member A and sidemembers' A and A the side member A being longer than the side member A and is curved intermediate its length, as shown at A, while the side A is formed with a threaded bear- 5 ing A at its upper end through which the screw C works, said screw being swiveled to the movable member B, which is also curved intermediate its ends, as shown at B, said curve corresponding to the curved portion A of the end A, and by means of the screw C the movable member Bis caused to move toward or away from the side member A of the fixed portion of the bracket, and for the purpose of operating the screw I provide a suitable hand-wheel or knob C. The clampbracket is preferably constructed of T or angle iron, as most clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4, in order that an exceeedingly strong and light clam p-bracket may be provided.

The member A is extended beyond the side A providing the outwardly-projecting arm D, terminating in a tubular bearing D at its outer end, through which passes the threaded bolt E, carrying a curved finger F at its forward end, a winged nut Gbeing screwed upon the rear end.- The strengthening rib or flange forming a part of the arm D is curved out, as shown at D so that the Socket H of the incandescent lamp can be clamped between the curved finger F and the said arm, the winged not being turned until the curved finger F tightly binds the lampsocket against the cut-out portion of the arm D. The bracket A is securely clamped to the post of the headboard, as most clearly shown in Fig. 1, and the said bracket can be adjusted up or down to the desired height;

\Vhilel have shown my invention applied to the corner-post of a metal bedstead, it will of course be understood that it can be attached to a wooden bedstead, and it willalso' be understood that it can be attached to other articles of furniture, and it is not necessary that the exact details herein set forth be followed, as it-is obvious that various constructions of clamps may be employed for the purpose of carrying out my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device ofthe kind described com prising a bracket having a long side member, an

working through said bearing, a movable member parallel with the end member and swiveled to the screw, a tubular bearing formed at the outer end of the offset portion,

ing and having a curved-out portion adjacent to said bearing, a threaded bolt passing through the tubular bearing, a curved clampfinger attached to said bolt, and a nut for adjusting said bolt and clamping-finger, as set forth.

ANDREW SONSTHAGEN.

Witnesses:

ERNEST P. MILLS, DAVID G. JOHNS. 

